Mine detail: Woodsreef

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Location: New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -30.39638, 151.7319
dep_id: 10084819
mrds_id: W700031
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Asbestos
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Chrysotile
gangue: Magnesite
model: 18: Serpentine-hosted asbestos
alteration: Serpentinization
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Dunite,Orthopyroxenite,Serpentinite
Structure: Peel Thrust
tectonic: Great Serpentinite Belt
References:
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1987, JANUARY, P. 60.
  • Deposit:: ASBESTOS, V. 63, NO. 7
  • Deposit:: ASBESTOS, V. 64, NO. 7
  • Deposit:: BUTT, B.C., 1981, 6. EXPLORATION FORECASTS AND EXPLOITATION REALITIES AT THE WOODSREEF MINE, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, IN RIORDAN, P.H., ED., GEOLOGY OF ASBESTOS DEPOSITS: NEW YORK, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 63-75.
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